Property Maintenance in Doña Ana County, NM (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
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Property Blight
Doña Ana County can order removal of ruined, damaged or dilapidated buildings and debris-covered premises by Board resolution, with a 10-day window to comply or object before the County removes it and liens the property for the cost.
Doña Ana County Dangerous Building Abatement
Significant RestrictionsDoña Ana County Code § 146-1, § 146-2, § 146-4, § 146-7
§ 146-2. Resolution requiring removal. Whenever any building or structure, which shall include mobile homes and manufactured homes, is ruined, damaged and dilapidated, or any premises is covered with ruins, rubbish, wreckage or debris, the Board of County Commissioners may by resolution find that the ruined, damaged and dilapidated building, structure, mobile home, manufactured home or premises...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
Doña Ana County's solid waste code bars anyone from letting solid waste, a term that by definition covers weeds, briars and brush, accumulate on any premises they own or control, including vacant lots. Violations under § 287-3A can trigger a 30-day abatement notice, a county-placed lien for cleanup costs, or prosecution under the county's general penalty article.
Doña Ana County Bars Waste Buildup on Vacant Lots
Some RestrictionsCode of Doña Ana County § 287-3A (definitions at § 287-2)
SOLID WASTE: Includes but is not limited to any garbage, rubbish, or refuse, rejected or waste food, offal, swill, carrion, ashes, dirt, slop, wastewater, trash, weeds, briars, brush, junk automobiles or automobile parts, waste or unwholesome material of any kind... PREMISES: Any real property, whether public or private, including vacant lots or lots with any type of structure... § 287-3. Accum...
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